The Bungalow Mystery (2016)
“Swish! Roger Lavington awoke with a start. The night was pitch dark; he could hear nothing now, yet he felt certain that some sound had roused him. He switched on the electric light over his bed and looked at his watch—a quarter-past three. With some idea that Courtenay might be wanting him, he sprang out of bed and began to dress himself.
Swish! Swish! It was the same sound again, and this time Lavington could not be mistaken. Some one was throwing pebbles at his window. He raised the sash... softly. Was it possible that Daphne was in danger, he wondered—that she had sent for him?
He put his head out. A man was standing on the terrace below, looking up.
“Is it Dr. Lavington, sir?”
“Yes; what is it?”
“I made bold to come to you, sir. Mrs. Hollingsworth, at the Courtenay Arms, has sent me. There’s a lady that come by train last night been taken ill, and Dr.MoreLess
Swish! Swish! It was the same sound again, and this time Lavington could not be mistaken. Some one was throwing pebbles at his window. He raised the sash... softly. Was it possible that Daphne was in danger, he wondered—that she had sent for him?
He put his head out. A man was standing on the terrace below, looking up.
“Is it Dr. Lavington, sir?”
“Yes; what is it?”
“I made bold to come to you, sir. Mrs. Hollingsworth, at the Courtenay Arms, has sent me. There’s a lady that come by train last night been taken ill, and Dr.MoreLess
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